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Fast Muscle Cars Drag Racing at DragTimes.com

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

Dragtimes.com is drag racing website that maintains a database of over 9,350 quarter mile times for fast muscle cars and motorcycles. Many of the records include dyno sheets that confirm torque and horsepower figures for many of the fast cars as well as all performance modifications on the vehicle. For submissions that do not have dynamometer graphs attached, a horsepower calculator is on hand to provide horsepower estimates that are calculated from the vehicle’s trap speed, 1/4 mile ET and weight.
The site also contains drag racing videos and pictures for numerous of the quarter mile times that can be compared and searched through. Each month one of the drag racing submissions is featured on the home page as an outcome of users voting for their favorite fast cars. Since all records are reviewed to uphold the website’s credibility, DragTimes.com can be a valuable resource to see what other fast muscle cars are running around the world.

Volvo

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Volvo is the Swedish car manufacturer founded by Assar Gabrielsson and Gustaf Larson around 1924. Volvo is perhaps best known for their obsession with producing very safe cars. Recently however Volvo started to venture into the world of sports cars with their sporty S60.

Volkswagen Forum

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Volkswagen is the German manufacturer initially designed to be a spacious yet cheap car that could carry at least 5 people around with ease. Even the name Volkswagen literally means “People’s Car” in German. Today Volkswagen makes entry level and executive cars. Their most expensive car so far is the luxurious Phaeton.

Other models in their vehicle lineup include the VW Golf, and the sportier version, the Volkswagen GTI, which boasts alot of power! There’s also the Jetta, which is a mid-size sedan, the Polo, Beetle, Eos, 2007 Passat, and 2007 Toureg, which makes up the roundup for their popular models.

If you are a Volkswagen owner, or just wanting to know more about a certain VW model prior to committing to the purchase, then you should checkout the Volkswagen Forum, which is dedicated to Volkswagen enthusiasts. The forum features Tech Tips, Performance and Modifications advice, and an extensive knowledgable for each popular VW vehicle.

Vauxhall

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Vauxhall was founded by Alexander Wilson in 1857. However at that time Vauxhall built pump and marine engines. It was in 1903 that Vauxhall produced their first car. Today Vauxhall makes a variety of interesting cars in various categories. Their sports car category is dominated by the VX220.

Toyota

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Toyota was established in 1937 and continuous to prosper to this day as the manufacturer of Japanese entry level and executive automobiles. Toyota has a more sporty and luxurious division called Lexus.

Subaru

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Subaru is the Japanese car manufacturer that is best known for their countless victories in the sport of Rally racing. Ever since the Subaru Impreza was introduced in 1992, it has been the choice of Rally driver Colin McRae.

Skoda

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Skoda is the Czech car manufacturer that until recently were just making economy cars. However in recent years a huge marketing campaign and a series of redesigned cars turned Skoda away from the economical look to a more sporty and luxurious direction. Some argue that today Skoda can compete with the likes of BMW and Mercedes with their Octavia and Superb models.

Shelby

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Shelby was founded by Carroll Shelby and in 1962 he unveiled his first car the “Cobra”. The Shelby Cobra dominated the tracks and become an instant sensation. Another legendary sports car by Shelby is the GT500.

Seat

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Seat is Spain’s car manufacturer founded on May 9th, 1950. Although Today Seat makes mostly economy cars, it does participate in sports car racing events.

Saturn

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Saturn is another division of GM (General Motors) aimed at the economy car market. The first Saturn car was made in 1990. One Saturn’s most popular selling points is the dent resistant door panels. However recently Saturn is starting to expand in the sports car market with the Saturn Sky.


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